ACM Lifting Lives Music Camp Underway In Nashville

Pictured (L-R) Lori Badgett, ACM Lifting Lives President; Stuart Dill, VUMC Entertainment Industry Liaison; Ross Copperman, songwriter/producer; Tiffany Moon, EVP, Academy of Country Music; Eric Paslay; Lorie Lytle, ACM Lifting Lives Board; Elizabeth Roof, Senior Research Specialist, Vanderbilt Kennedy Center; Dr. Elisabeth Dykens, Associate Director of Vanderbilt Kennedy Center for Research on Human Development. Photo: Terry Wyatt/Getty Images for Academy of Country Music

ACM Lifting Lives Music Camp is in session this week in Nashville with participating campers from around the country. The residential camp has the dual purpose of studying Williams syndrome while providing music enrichment through performance and education.

Songwriter/producer Ross Copperman and EMI Nashville artist Eric Paslay led campers in a songwriting session, creating “Happy Together,” an original song based on campers’ personal experiences and inspirations.

Maddie & Tae dropped by the Wildhorse Saloon to spend time with the campers while they shared stories from the first day of camp and participated in a line dancing session.

The camp is a partnership between ACM Lifting Lives and Vanderbilt Kennedy Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities.

Pictured (L-R): Marisa Fisher, ACM Lifting Lives Camp Director; Maddie Marlow and Tae Dye of Maddie & Tae; Laura Hermann, ACM Lifting Lives Assistant Camp Director; Tommy Moore, Manager of Administration & Operations, ACM. Photo: Terry Wyatt/Getty Images for Academy of Country Music